Table of Contents for Course Textbook
Part 1: Defining and Assessing Crime
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Crime
Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime
Chapter 3: Victims and Victimization
Part II: Theories about the Causes of Crime
Chapter 4: Choice Theories
Chapter 5: Trait Theories
Chapter 6: Theories about Social Structure and Crime
Chapter 7: Social Process Theories: Learning, Control, and Reaction
Chapter 8: Theories of Crime Involving Social Conflict
Chapter 9: Nature and Nurture in Developmental and Integrative Theories
Part III: Specific Categories of Crime
Chapter 10: White Collar and Organized Crime
Chapter 11: Violent Crime and Terrorism
Chapter 12: Nonviolent “Street” Crime